Nursery nest



F. w. S'TOTLER AND R. H. JAMISON.

NURSERY NEST.

APPLICATION EJLED DEC.22, I920.

Patented Apr. 18, 1922'.

iiui'rso STATE.

FRANK W. STOTLER, OF

"ATENT orrics.

WTLKTN'SBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, AND RICHARD H. JAMISON,

OF. BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.

NURSERY NEST.

" a-races.

Application filed December 22, 1920. Serial No. 432,391.

To a]? ii /mm, it may concern: 1

Be it known that we. FRANK N. STOTLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of ll ilkinsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, and RICHARD H. JAMISON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Berkeley, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Nursery Nests, of which the followingis a specification. I

The invention relates to nursery nests, in which an infant can be placed .and confined in safety without. danger of falling out and protected against draughts of air which fre quently circulate adjacent to the floor of a room. H

In our patent application, Serial No. 288,900, filed April 10, 1919, there is disclosed a nursery nest of the character contemplated herein. The object of'our present invention is to improve theconstruction of the nursery nest shown in our pending patent application to the end that such nest may be'm ore readily set up and taken down, and that when taken down, it may be easily collapsed into compact form. V e V The invention is illustrated in the accom-- ranyin'gdrawings, of which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of. the nursery nest in as sembled form ready to be occupied by an infant: Fig. 2 a perspectlve view of the frame,

' some of the upri 'hts bein shown in u right positions and otherscollapsed upon the radial members; Fig. 3 a plan view of the central. base member and one radial. and upright member attached to it: Fig. 4 a side view of the portion of the structure illus trated in Fig. Fig. 5 a perspective view of some of the members for holding taut the upper edge of the nursery nest body; and Fig. 6 a side view of one of the members for holding taut the lower edge of the body. 1

The nursery nestcomprises a flexible body. preferably formed of. fabric. including sides 1 and a bottom '2." The body is .held taut'by a collapsible frame comprising a central'base member, radial members 4. pivotally attached at their inner ends to the base member, and uprights 5 pivotally attached to the outer ends of the radial members and adapted to collapse one upon each radial member. Preferably, there are five radial members and acorrespondingnumber of upright members, but the numbers of these members may vary.

The base member preferably consists of centrally-united radially-extending plates 6, which taper upwardly on their lower edges as indicated at 7, and have stops 8 formed on their outer ends. Each radial member 4, has a forked end pivoted at 9 to a plate 6, and is provided with a pin-10 which holds the radial member against swinging upwardly farther than its fullline position indicated in Fig. 4. The radial members may swing only downwardly from the full line to the dotted line position. b

Each upright 5 may be pivoted to a radial member 4: by a suitable hinge 11. To render the structure rigid, the outer end of the radial members may be provided with tongues 12, which, when the frame is set up, lie in grooves 13 formedin the lower ends of the uprights. The uprights may be securely held and locked in their upright positions by means of elongated straps 1 1, one of, which extends into or, through an opening 15 in the lower end of each upright and has its other end lying in a slot 16 formed. in the" radial member to which theupright is at tached- The inner end of each slot 16 is provided'with a shoulder or offset '17 over which the; inner end of the strap may be snapped to hold and lock the upright inz position. At the upper endsof the uprights there are groovcs'fi adapted to receive the outer ends of the plates 6 whenthe uprights and radial members are collapsed to the positions indicated in dotted lines in'Fig. 4,

and thereby remove the possibility of lateral forn'ied at the upper and lower edges of the held as by sides 1. In Fig. there are indicated rods 18 adapted to extend through folds 19 formed at the upper edges of the sides 1, these rods being connected to each other at their ends by means of loops 20. Each loop is engaged by .a' hook 21 attached. to; the.

upper end of an upright member. When all 1 v the loops are engaged by the hooks, the top of the body is spread taut. The rods for the lower ends of the sides are shown in Fig. 6 at 22, the ends of each being provided with springs 23 having loops on their outer ends adapted to engage hooks 24 secured one to each side of each upright 7 When it is desired to disassemble or take down the nursery nest, the loops 20 may be disengaged from the books 21, the springs Cir ,b ise member to swing downv-Iardly only,

23 from the hooks 24:, and the rods l8 and 22 may be removed from the folds at the upper and. lower edges of the sides 1. may then be quickly collapsed by merely moving upwardly the inner end of each strap 14, folding the uprights upon the radial members, and causing the radial members to swing downwardly to the dotted line position indicated in Fig. at, When the frame is thus collapsed, it, together with the rods 18 and 22 may be wrapped in the flex ible body, the entirenurscry nest parts then occupying but small space. To set up the nursery nest, the steps just explained may be made in. reverse order, and this may be done quickly and with little effort.

According to the provisions of the patent statutes, we have described the principle and operation of our invention together with the construction which we now consider to rep resent the best embodiment thereof. However, we desire to have it understood that, within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practiced by other forms of construction than that particularly shown and described herein;

We claim 1. A portable nursery nest of the kind. de 7 scribed, comprising a collapsible frame adapted to rest upon a floor and including a central base member, radial. members pivotally attached at their inner ends to the uprights piyotallyattached one to the outer end of and adapted to fold upon each radial member, and a flexible body having a bottom and sides suspended between ano held taut by said uprights, said body affording a yielding horizontal support and vertical side guard on and within which an infant may play in safety.

2. A portable nursery nest of the hind .descri-bed, comprising a collaosible frame adapted to rest upon a floor and including a central base member having rt. lially extei'iding plates,-radial members pivotally attached at their inner ends to said plates, said. plates and radial members being provided with cooperating elements to limit the upwa d '50 swinging movement of the radial members with relation to the base member, uprights p votally attached one to the outer end of each radial member, and a flexible body havinga bottom and sides suspended between. and held taut by said uprights and afford- .ing a yielding horizontal support and vertical side guard on and within which an infant'may play in safety.

A portable nursery nest of the kind described, comprising a collapsible frame adapted to rest upon a floor and including a central base member, radial members pivot ally attached at their inner ends to-the base The frame suspended between and held taut b said.

uprights and affording a yielding horizon tal support and vertical side guard on and within which an. infant may play in safety.

AA portable nursery nest of the hind described, comprising a, collapsible frame adapted to restupon a floor and including a central base member, radial members pivotally attache at their inner ends to the base member to swing downwardly only, uprights pivotaily attached one to the outer end of and adapted to fold upon each radial meinber,a flexible body he vinga bottom an d sides, folds formed at the upper and lower edges of said sides, and rodS lying in said folds and attached at their ends to said uprights for holding taut theiflexiblo body, said body affording a yielding horizontal support and-vertical side guard on and within which an infant may play in safety. A portable nursery nestcof the kind described, comprising z'iecoll'apsible. frame adaptedto rest upona floor and including a central base member having radially eX tending plates, radial members pivotally attached at their .inner ends tO'SHJCl. plates, said plates and. radial members being provided andattachedatitheir ends tosaid uprights for holding. taut the flcigible body, said body affording a-yielding horizontal support and.

y rtical side guards on and in which an. 1nfant may play in safety,

In testimony whereof, we "have. hereunto set our hands 4 FRANKWV. STOT ER. r I RICHARD H. JAMISON. Witness; Q

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